Dream of a Book (Reflections on Classic Essays by Renowned Writers)

Author: Sun Li
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: The Dream of Books recounts the author's feelings for books and experiences of buying and collecting them from childhood to student days and into adulthood. However, from this seemingly simple narrative, it clearly reflects the impact of changing times on the individual and the author's. The text subtly touches on the customs of old rural life and the mindset of those who browse book stalls: in rural markets, there are vendors selling farm tools and food, among whom there are occasionally stalls selling used books, or amidst the cluttered second-hand goods, a few old books—various stone-printed novels, ballads. It is precisely such stalls that exert a powerful allure on a rural child. This child, in turn, draws nourishment from these stalls, growing into a warrior and becoming a towering tree in the modern literary world.